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Re: Push/Pull Gun?

You are right, they are not cheap. Inexpensive push-pull guns cost $1000, expensive ones can be as much as $2500. That is only for the gun. The feeder to go along with it usually cost another $2000.

Push-pull pulsed mig is mostly used in manufacturing of aluminum parts cause it's alot faster to do than tig, but the technology is slowly becomming more available to the masses. You can get a push-pull gun with a Millermatic 252 or 350/350P and have a complete push-pull mig setup for $4-5000. That was unheard of just a few years ago. Once you try mig welding aluminum with a push-pull machine, you'll never want to use a spool gun again.

Re: Push/Pull Gun?

Millers operators manual for the XR feeders gives a really good explanation of how they work. In fact I read it Monday and ordered the feeder Tuesday. The XR can be had new for around $2000 and is the least expensive unit I have seen. I bought a used one for about a fourth of that with a one year warranty on the feeder and the gun. They will run all of the wires that other feeders run including flux core, but if I remember correctly are limited to the smaller diameters. The big plus is that it is a direct hookup to my XMT304 and now all I need is a pulser.

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